Zaran Bhagwagar

Founding member and Vice President

2024 - Current

Biome is a Full stack Venture Studio that builds great companies from scratch. Part of the team at Xelp that conceptualised and built Biome from the idea stage

AVP- Startup Ventures

2022 - 2024

Principal

2022 - 2022

Investment Associate

2018 - 2022

Anthill Ventures is a Venture Capital and speed scaling ecosystem that invests in, and enables early growth stage technology companies to scale with speed through its global partner ecosystem. With Offices in India, Singapore, Israel and the US, Anthill aims to bring its speed scaling philosophy to exceptional companies in Health, Media, and Urban technology. I led our efforts in SEA via the Singapore office.

Entrepreneur In Residence

2017 - 2018

Mountain Partners is a globally operating investment and company building group headquartered in Zurich (Switzerland), with core sectors: e-Commerce & Services, Digital Marketing, Technology & Security, Digital Payments & Fintech. Projects- Heroleads Malaysia Grub Cycle AngelGate Poptani

International Business Development

2016 - 2016

Mountain Partners is a globally operating investment and company building group headquartered in Zurich (Switzerland), with core sectors: e-Commerce & Services, Digital Marketing, Technology & Security, Digital Payments & Fintech. Responsibilities as International Business Development intern included strengthening the South East Asia operations of a Mountain Partners company through Business Development, generating strategic recommendations for growth, and overseeing their implementation.

Project Consultant

2016 - 2016

CEMS Business Project:"Driving Value and growth in the wipes category" Work in a multicultural team to develop strategic recommendations for P&G with the goal of an increase in the market share for Pampers Wipes. Final Grade- A+

Executive Manager

2013 - 2015

As Executive manager at Forms, a 500 person strong company, with market presence in 60 countries, I was head of business development where my responsibilities included developing sales strategies, and Operational planning for the firm. Oversaw 40% Year on Year revenue growth through focus on key account management

Marketing and Communications Intern

2012 - 2012

Worked closely with TTL’s Assistant Vice President-Marketing and communications in the marketing department, made the corporate presentation and attended marketing strategy meetings and gave inputs and suggestions for the same with the goal of impact maximization